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the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from a fall in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones really hard he's really going to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it together and medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a there
the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from a fall in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to joystick wielding drone pilots who wage their battles without setting foot in combat zones really hard he's really going to explain to my colleagues what it takes to get the award. so your signature you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it together...
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this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and war incident word higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand m
this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award...
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to slice the pentagon's budget. dean telling the huffington post i'm in favor of the sequester. it's tough on things i care about a lot but the fact of the matter is you are not going to get another chance to cut the defense budget in the way it needs to be cut. white house officials disagree. as an outgoing defense secretary leon panetta who warned such deep cuts could leave america with a second rate military. you will remember republicans were furious before the election that the white house did not follow the warren act that requires employers to warn employees about the potential lay-offs. since furlough notices are only going out now, defense officials say they work at the pentagon until late april. even if the sequest starts on march 1. at the white house, ed henry. fox news. >> bret: the pentagon's budget chief says the effects of the cuts will be felt nationwide. he says the biggest potential losses will be in california, texas, georgia and virginia. national security correspondent jennifer griffin on what it could mean for one virginia community. >> sequester take effe
to slice the pentagon's budget. dean telling the huffington post i'm in favor of the sequester. it's tough on things i care about a lot but the fact of the matter is you are not going to get another chance to cut the defense budget in the way it needs to be cut. white house officials disagree. as an outgoing defense secretary leon panetta who warned such deep cuts could leave america with a second rate military. you will remember republicans were furious before the election that the white house...
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it did suggest that the pentagon is pushing a plan that would keep only 8000 troops in afghanistan. general austin, can you support a plan that was scheduled withdrawal of troops in advance? we are looking at the withdrawal of troops in afghanistan. according to this article, from 8000 to about 1000 in a short period and of time. i have questions if we can even maintain our mission, let alone complete the mission. how can you make decisions on troop withdrawal when, as you stated previously, so much depends on troops on the ground, what the government is doing, what their abilities are at that point. how would you approach a proposal like that? >> i would really work hard to make sure i fully understood what to the leadership wanted to get done moving into the future. my advice as a commander on the ground or a commander of central command -- i would provide my advice to them based upon where i think the security forces are , the conditions in the theater, and what i think we need to do to move full word to make sure we maintain the gains we have achieved. so much is tied to what it
it did suggest that the pentagon is pushing a plan that would keep only 8000 troops in afghanistan. general austin, can you support a plan that was scheduled withdrawal of troops in advance? we are looking at the withdrawal of troops in afghanistan. according to this article, from 8000 to about 1000 in a short period and of time. i have questions if we can even maintain our mission, let alone complete the mission. how can you make decisions on troop withdrawal when, as you stated previously, so...
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with us against those who trained and supported and applaud the deranged fanatics who flew airports pentagon anded 14 people in fort hood and soldiers in little rock and planted ied's on the road side in stanford and iraq to kill those. i have a hard time convincing americans why it does matter that we act like friends to our friends and stop believes that our are not that different after all. >> israel is the only in the middle east who mirrors our equal of human beings and freedom and value of education and power of dissent even with one's only government and the right of the people to their government without ballots and bullets and bombs. the president could with draw the nomination of chuck hagel as defense security. he is so ignorant of the real enemy we face he believe that is iran can be trusted and israel can't. high would be better suited for taking tickets at yellow stone than defending against the treats. ip hope you will call and e-mail your senator to use common sense and while acknowledging that the president has the privilege to name his team. he doesn't have the right to put
with us against those who trained and supported and applaud the deranged fanatics who flew airports pentagon anded 14 people in fort hood and soldiers in little rock and planted ied's on the road side in stanford and iraq to kill those. i have a hard time convincing americans why it does matter that we act like friends to our friends and stop believes that our are not that different after all. >> israel is the only in the middle east who mirrors our equal of human beings and freedom and...
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gates who was secretary of defense until the day before yesterday he was part of this operation in the pentagon today you still have somebody in the top five or six michael vickers in the department who actually participated in creating al qaida it's the cia arab legion but at the same time those who have been gone for over a year vickers i think is still there unless i'm going out and that it can happen at a gate well i was i was panetta gates of course but he was he's been there and he presided over the beginning of these these operations with libya and so forth but but take michael because anyway the other interesting point is with the state department get down to the level of sort of technical failures the visa for mood talab the christmas day bomber over detroit if his visa had been pulled he could not have boarded that plane he couldn't have gotten onto the plane for the united states and the state department are the ones who failed to do that so if we look at her record it's a story of failure on multiple points and nevertheless this is balanced by this amazing complacency this amazing s
gates who was secretary of defense until the day before yesterday he was part of this operation in the pentagon today you still have somebody in the top five or six michael vickers in the department who actually participated in creating al qaida it's the cia arab legion but at the same time those who have been gone for over a year vickers i think is still there unless i'm going out and that it can happen at a gate well i was i was panetta gates of course but he was he's been there and he...
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in fact he was with us in the pentagon. >> so he was with you. now you knew about the cable from ambassador stevens because general hamm informed you of it, is that correct? >> in a written weekly report. >> so when secretary clinton testified a few weeks ago that she had a clear-eyed assessment of the threat we faced in libya, is that really a credible statement, if she didn't know about the ambassador's cable on august 15 saying we can't tchevend place? >> well, i don't know that she didn't know about the cable. >> she said she didn't. >> then that's -- >> are you stunned that she didn't? >> i would call myself surprised she didn't. >> are you surprised that the president of the united states never calls you, secretary panetta, and says how is it going? >> you know, normally in these situations -- >> did he know the level of threat -- >> let me finish the answer, we were deploying the forces, he knew we were deploying the forces, he was being kept -- >> i hate to interrupt you but i've got limited time. we didn't deploy any forces. >> the event
in fact he was with us in the pentagon. >> so he was with you. now you knew about the cable from ambassador stevens because general hamm informed you of it, is that correct? >> in a written weekly report. >> so when secretary clinton testified a few weeks ago that she had a clear-eyed assessment of the threat we faced in libya, is that really a credible statement, if she didn't know about the ambassador's cable on august 15 saying we can't tchevend place? >> well, i...
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for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were concerned about molly for at least eight months. only now there is discussion about what we should -- >> have another discussion on benghazi for the thousandth time. >> we are in the in danger -- in no danger of intervening too much. that is not what we have to worry about. >> let's move on. if you have a question, raise your hands and identify yourself. keep your questions short. let's go to -- then this woman right here in the black. >> as joshua said, syria is part of a broader middle east. what would be the position of the u.s. when lebanon, jordan, maybe israel and the whole region woul
for obvious reasons, the pentagon have made their own case to the president. with the new resource problem home -- problem in mali. look what it took to support french forces against al qaeda subcontractors. if we can't do that, when americans are held hostage and killed, what kind of response do you really expect for -- >> is that a consequence of the u.s. not getting involved in mali earlier? >> what is the implication from that? that we need to be involved -- >> we were...
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon our top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. well just imagine it was about the same the time when most of the people were already at work the children were in schools or in kindergartens and all of the suddenly see this extremely bright flash of light and right
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secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon a top stories. from one you sent to him. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day so picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a midsize city east of the year olds when the sky is lit up by the far of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well off he got a firsthand account from the man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. shiny across the sky. blinding greater than. it was followed by a huge. explosion aboard a minute or so later that broke. the late fixtures were swaying back and forth i don't point to when looked out the window when i saw this extrude going across the sky. like the tail of the cloud or what what had just happened that night at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my. you know i couldn't get through to him by phone in work so i was a little bit scared point well the meteor exploded in the earth's atmosph
secretary is stalled by republican senators who say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon a top stories. from one you sent to him. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day so picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a midsize city east of the year olds when the sky is lit up by the far of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth in this case in the middle of russia well off he got a firsthand account from the man who...
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defense secretary is a republican senator say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning and a mid size city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the fall off of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well it has got a firsthand account from a man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion you know about a minute or so later that broke last and everything on the light fixtures were swaying back and forth and i at that point when looked out the window and i saw this giant streak going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what what had just happened and i thought at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and i you know i couldn
defense secretary is a republican senator say they don't know enough about the man heading for the pentagon. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning and a mid size city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the fall off of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well it has got a firsthand account from...
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there was a similar robbery at zales jewelry store and pentagon city. in each case, the thieves used a hammer to smashed the case. they are still on a los. >> virginia voters could be in for big changes the next time they go to the polls. a bill to require more sophisticated forms of identification passing the house and senate. certain forms of id currently legal like a utility bill, or bank statement will no longer be accepted. it will be a driver's license, a u.s. passport, or voter registration cards only. if the bill signed into law, the changes go into effect in mid 2014. d.c. mayor vincent gray is optimistic about the future of the city. he gave his annual state of the district address tuesday night. he says be unemployed rate and crime are down. businesses are booming and the city's population is growing. over the next five years, he hopes to create 100,000 more jobs and $1 billion of new tax opinion. here is hoping the baltimore ravens are getting some much needed rest of this morning after fans packed the streets tuesday morning out celebrating
there was a similar robbery at zales jewelry store and pentagon city. in each case, the thieves used a hammer to smashed the case. they are still on a los. >> virginia voters could be in for big changes the next time they go to the polls. a bill to require more sophisticated forms of identification passing the house and senate. certain forms of id currently legal like a utility bill, or bank statement will no longer be accepted. it will be a driver's license, a u.s. passport, or voter...
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we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of this so do you cut them off is that in u.s. interest to be doing the raise a lot of questions about the sanctions policy and the ramifications for for u.s. interests but let's talk about that for a minute because obviously as you mentioned iran and afghanistan are close and afghanistan actually gets the majority of its oil from iran i think it's third to a half was the latest estimates of this but obviously the u.s. is trying to draw down its presence in afghanistan so can we really expect the u.s. to both draw down its presence in afghanistan and also monitor the sanctions that are going on there so str
we've actually seen before in i think december november of last year it actually was revealed that the pentagon has depended on iran for antivenom in snake venom. medicine for troops and there was this it was revealed sort of became a controversy that ok potentially we're also violating our own same sions in order to treat wounds that u.s. troops experience in afghanistan because of snakebites and again what do you do about that you know your own is right there and they're the chief producer of...
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we have not heard from the pentagon on this latest development. the u.s. did confirm in 2011 that one of its unmanned drones went missing. >>> former senator chuck hagel will have to wait a little longer to learn if he'll be the next secretary of defense. members of the senate armed services committee decided to delay his confirmation vote scheduled for today. that's after republicans demanded more information. several senators want more details on hagel's business dealings and the content of past speeches. democrats say the move is just political posturing, and they fully chp him to be confirmed. -- fully expect him to be confirmed. >>> the pentagon taking drastic action to reduce the number of aircraft carriers in the strategic persian gulf from two to one. that decision comes just a day before the "us harry truman "was to leave norfolk for the gulf. the pentagon has kept two carrier groups stationed in the gulf for the past two years as tensions rise with iran. >>> this morning, a mega merger of two major airlines is reportedly close to becoming a done
we have not heard from the pentagon on this latest development. the u.s. did confirm in 2011 that one of its unmanned drones went missing. >>> former senator chuck hagel will have to wait a little longer to learn if he'll be the next secretary of defense. members of the senate armed services committee decided to delay his confirmation vote scheduled for today. that's after republicans demanded more information. several senators want more details on hagel's business dealings and the...
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military itself the pentagon has admitted a con to council some of the fuel it brought in for its called gratian in afghanistan it's now suspected that the ranee and petrol made up a significant percentage of imports as artie's then should you can explains. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in weeks years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it was probably for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own actions there by letting u.s. taxpayer dollars go to even coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries that sti
military itself the pentagon has admitted a con to council some of the fuel it brought in for its called gratian in afghanistan it's now suspected that the ranee and petrol made up a significant percentage of imports as artie's then should you can explains. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in weeks years...
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military itself the pentagon has admitted a condo consuls some of the fuel we brought in for its operation in afghanistan it's now suspected that iranian petrol made up a significant percentage of imports details now with r.t. is granted she can joining us live. how so bring us to speed how long has this been going on. well the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces and now u.s. officials these back for the special inspector general for guns and reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years from two thousand and seven. in the report did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did come from iran so it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us taxpayer dollars go coffers the sanctions that it was put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in fact they are never watertight even though the european uni
military itself the pentagon has admitted a condo consuls some of the fuel we brought in for its operation in afghanistan it's now suspected that iranian petrol made up a significant percentage of imports details now with r.t. is granted she can joining us live. how so bring us to speed how long has this been going on. well the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces and now u.s. officials these back for the special inspector general for guns and reconstruction say...
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military itself the pentagon has admitted a conduct consuls some of the fuel it brought in for its operation in afghanistan it's now suspected that iranian petrol made up a significant percentage of imports details now with r.t. is granted she can joining us live diana how so bring us to speed how long has this been going on. well the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces and now u.s. officials these back for the special inspector general for guns and reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years from two thousand and seven. in the report did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did come from iran so it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own sanctions thereby letting us taxpayer dollars go kill iranian coffers the sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries who are doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in fact they are never watertight
military itself the pentagon has admitted a conduct consuls some of the fuel it brought in for its operation in afghanistan it's now suspected that iranian petrol made up a significant percentage of imports details now with r.t. is granted she can joining us live diana how so bring us to speed how long has this been going on. well the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces and now u.s. officials these back for the special inspector general for guns and...
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military itself the pentagon has admitted a conduct count for some of the fuel it brought in for its called operation in afghanistan it's now suspected that the randian petrol made up a significant percentage of imports as artie's granted she can explain. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years did not come from iran it could be their way of saying that it most probably did for the wrong and it could mean that the u.s. has violated its own extinction by letting us taxpayer dollars go to remain coffers those sanctions that the u.s. has put in place not only bar u.s. companies from doing business with iran but also punish third party countries for doing business with iran but no matter how many rounds of sanctions are in effect they were never watertight even though the european union under a lot of pressure from washington stopped buying uranium oil you have a host of other countries tha
military itself the pentagon has admitted a conduct count for some of the fuel it brought in for its called operation in afghanistan it's now suspected that the randian petrol made up a significant percentage of imports as artie's granted she can explain. the u.s. gives money to the afghan government to buy fuel for its forces now u.s. officials especially spoke to general for afghanistan reconstruction say they cannot verify that the fuel purchased for afghan security forces in recent years...
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the pentagon approvedded a major expansion of the u.s. cyber command growing ranks for approximately 900 to 4900 personnel cyber warriors. according to the same reports, there will be three types of forces. those who fortify the dod networks, those who help commanders abroad to plan and execute attacks, and those who conduct infrastructure like power grids and power flaunts. needless to say this is absolutely necessary to protect the nation against what's becoming a leading security threat; however, i'm interested in those protecting the national infrastructure. the majority of the critical infrastructure own and operated by the private sector. will the military rely on the national guard which is able to operate both, under title 10 # and 32 authorities? >> senator, your description of how you try to prepare the force is accurate. we clearly don't have authority to do all of that, but we are trying to grow the right force so that if it became necessary and we had the authority to do all of those things, we would be prepared. the national
the pentagon approvedded a major expansion of the u.s. cyber command growing ranks for approximately 900 to 4900 personnel cyber warriors. according to the same reports, there will be three types of forces. those who fortify the dod networks, those who help commanders abroad to plan and execute attacks, and those who conduct infrastructure like power grids and power flaunts. needless to say this is absolutely necessary to protect the nation against what's becoming a leading security threat;...
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jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, what happened? >> well, with little fanfare, shep, u.s. and nate officials in afghanistan removed from their web site the month-to-month figure saying attacks by the taliban were down by 7% last year. there seemed to be a mistake. a mistake that led to administration officials making statements like this. >> violence levels have been trending downward in the last two years after five years of steady increases beginning in 2006. >> the problem is the attacks weren't trending downward. they were exactly the same as in 2011. an embarrassing admission by the pentagon that the the narrative about how the president's strategy in afghanistan was bearing fruit may have been misleading, shep. >> shepard: they must be making some case at the pentagon in their own defense. >> well, in essence, they blame the afghans. the afghan commanders supposedly forgot to submit their field reports about the attacks so the pentagon data was misleading. >> this is a regrettable error in our database systems that was discove
jennifer griffin live at the pentagon tonight. jennifer, what happened? >> well, with little fanfare, shep, u.s. and nate officials in afghanistan removed from their web site the month-to-month figure saying attacks by the taliban were down by 7% last year. there seemed to be a mistake. a mistake that led to administration officials making statements like this. >> violence levels have been trending downward in the last two years after five years of steady increases beginning in...
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the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand miles away. perhaps there is a there perhaps there's a basic knowledge of the territory somewhere in the border between afghanistan and pakistan that's involved but let's compare it just sitting around basically just sitting at a base to doing something like something that was done by sergeant william stacey in two thousand and eleven he received a bronze medal a bronze a bronze star which is considered to rank below the medal that we're talking about now what he did was receiving fire along with his squad from ten or twelve and we fighters from five separate fighting positions thoug
the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war...
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>> jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. let's get reaction now from the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, georgia republican sax by chambliss. you were busy in both hearings. let's start with the benghazi hearing. competent in a at that said the pentagon didn't have the intelligence or the assets to get to benghazi in time to protect those four americans who were killed. let's take a look. >> you can't just willie nilly send f-16s there and blow the hell out of a place without knowing what's taking place. you can't send ac 130s there, blow the hell out of a target without knowing what's taking place. >> did you find panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs, did you find them persuasive on this point? >> not at all, chris. you know, to their credit, i understand this came about all of a sudden. but when i asked both of them, was this an intelligence failure, the response was interesting. what general dempsey said is, that there was an intelligence gap. i'm not sure i've ever heard that term in my 12 years
>> jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon. thanks. let's get reaction now from the vice chair of the senate intelligence committee, georgia republican sax by chambliss. you were busy in both hearings. let's start with the benghazi hearing. competent in a at that said the pentagon didn't have the intelligence or the assets to get to benghazi in time to protect those four americans who were killed. let's take a look. >> you can't just willie nilly send f-16s there and blow the...
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for more on this, we turn to nbc pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. jim, what is this all about? >> lester, this order today shocked u.s. defense and military officials, taken totally by surprise. military officials strongly deny u.s. commandos condone or took part in any kidnappings, torture or murders of afghan civilians or suspects. now, in the past, president karzai has taken the u.s. military to task, in part, to show the afghan people that he's in charge. but wardak province is a taliban stronghold, one of the hottest combat areas in afghanistan. so if karzai's playing politics here, it's an extremely dangerous game, lester. >> could this derail the planned 2014 withdrawal of the majority of troops, the schedule the administration is currently sticking with? >> well, people are already wondering that. president obama has already announced 34,000 troops. that's half the total american force will withdraw from afghanistan by the end of this year. but if u.s. forces are prevented from executing their missions, you may start to hear calls from here
for more on this, we turn to nbc pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. jim, what is this all about? >> lester, this order today shocked u.s. defense and military officials, taken totally by surprise. military officials strongly deny u.s. commandos condone or took part in any kidnappings, torture or murders of afghan civilians or suspects. now, in the past, president karzai has taken the u.s. military to task, in part, to show the afghan people that he's in charge. but wardak province...
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civilian casualties with its war on terror a drone program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. massenet says that the western intervention that helped to oust the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya now. they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like a date with not to with. when not to was bombing so there are a saying to the people if you come out we would be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying on. me people are being mean being mercenaries are coming from outside. for the libyan government before i mean even. the most important thing was no i need you and they were had big big controls for that never went inside leave yet and any time they have the idea there was one kind of people inside they were throwin
civilian casualties with its war on terror a drone program the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks of the death machine. worldwide news around the clock this is. with me it's good to have you with us today. security forces. government protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary. massenet says that the western intervention that helped to oust the late leader is a lot of blame for the troubles in libya...
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that the he was as far from done with its foreign ministry campaign no matter who's in charge at the pentagon. when president obama was elected in two thousand and eight we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down get mo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when they you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out. the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people the fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that whoever a secretary of defense will have
that the he was as far from done with its foreign ministry campaign no matter who's in charge at the pentagon. when president obama was elected in two thousand and eight we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down get mo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when they you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the...